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  Program: The Sound of Music

  University of Dayton and Teejai Dorsey

  Music by RICHARD RODGERS

  Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II

  Book by HOWARD LINDSAY and RUSSEL CROUSE

  Suggested by "The Trapp Family Singers" by Maria Augusta Trapp

  Music and Lyrics for "I Have Confidence" and "Something Good" by Richard Rodgers

  April 8-9, 2022

  Boll Theatre in Kennedy Union

  Co-produced by the Theatre, Dance, and Performance Technology program and the Department of Music

  Set in 1938 amidst the rise of nationalism, The Sound of Music is a story of being true to one’s authentic self in the face of social and religious division. Maria is a novitiate who struggles with the constriction of her religious order, and is sent to be a governess for the widowed Captain Von Trapp’s seven children. While the Captain faces growing pressure to ally himself with the Nazi party, Maria and the children bond through their shared love of music. The Captain and Maria, drawn together by circumstance, build a family and find the strength to forge a new path together.

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  Program: Dancing in the Light

  University of Dayton and Teejai Dorsey

  March 10-11, 2022

  Boll Theatre in Kennedy Union

  Co-produced by the Theatre, Dance, and Performance Technology program and Dayton Contemporary Dance Company

  A moving expression of the human spirit featuring UD Dance Ensemble and the pre-professional ensemble of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company DCDC2, with guest artists from Onyx Contemporary Dance Company. Six diverse choreographers will offer a program of thought-provoking work that inspires and captures what it means to “Dance in the Light.”

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  Program: Through the Looking Glass, and What You Found There

  University of Dayton and Teejai Dorsey

  Co-produced by the Theatre, Dance, and Performance Technology program and the Department of Music

  What do you see when you look in the mirror? If you were on the other side looking back, in a land of opposites, how would your perception of reality be altered? Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There reflect the larger truths that underscore our social experience in this constantly changing nonsensical world. Journey with us through a wonderland of mystery and delight while exploring who we were, who we are, and who we are yet to become in this dramatic musical adaptation of the classic tale.

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  Program: Laced

  University of Dayton and Teejai Dorsey

  by Sam Mueller

  The Kilroys List 2020, selected play

  October 20-23, 2021

  Fitz Hall’s Black Box Theatre & Live-Streamed

  The night after a queer bar outside of Tampa, Florida is vandalized, three twenty-something bartenders gather to grieve, rage, and above all, piece together the events of the night before. Fiery and poetic, Laced ferociously celebrates the spaces in which we find our truest selves. In a time of renewed culture wars against queer youth, this play centers the voices of those intersectional identities we should be listening to now.